Lemon-squeezer.



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LEION SQUEEZEB.

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No. 630-.39l. Patented Aug. 8, I899.

C. MORGAN. r LEMON SQUEEZER.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MORGAN, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

LEMON-SQU EEZER.

$PEGiFICATiON forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,391, dated August 8, 1899. Application filed March 15,1899. Serial No- 7o9,142. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LCHARLEs MORGAN,a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lemon-Squeezers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates A to certain improve ments in lemon-squeezers,the.object of which is to provide a device adapted for attachment to the under side of theedge of a counter or bar and which shall give great power during the range of movement necessary to squeeze the lemon and great freedom of movement in separating the cup and cone sufliciently to permit of the insertion of the lemon.

Certain other objects are aimed at in the construction and arrangement of the parts to give facility in cleaning and operation.

The invention is illustrated by means of nine figures, of which V Figure 1 is a plan of the squeezer with th cup Withdrawn to the greatest extent in the proper position for the insertion of the lemon. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, showing the parts in the same position. Fig. 3 is a plan, with the exception of a part of the cup and cone, showing said cup and cone advanced close together as in squeezing the lemon. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the end of the squeezer holding the cup. Fig. 5 isa vertical section in line 5 5 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow 5. Fig. 6 is a similar section in line 6 6 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow 6. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of a modification, showing an additional improvement. Fig. 8 is a plan of the same figure, and Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 7 with the handle in a difierent position.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, A is a suitable framework having a rearwardlyprojecting flange a, adapted to rest upon the under surface of the edge of a bar or counter, and an upwardly-projecting flange a,adapted to rest against the front of said edge. A clamp B is provided, the top plate Z) of which bears upon the top of the counter and the clamping screw 0 of which is screwed up upon the flange 01- of the frame. This secures the frame firmly to the counter along the bottom of the edge of the same, where the greater portion of the mechanism of the squeezer will be conthe cone in squeezing the lemon.

cealed. From the frame A extends horizontally a cone-supporting post aiand a short distance therefrom two guiding-posts a a, in which is guided a longitudinally-sliding rod D, bearing upon its end adjacent to the cone a cup 0. The cone-supporting post a is provided with a plate a containing a notch a at the top, and a cone E, provided with a marginal flange e to prevent the scattering of the j u ice, is supported against said disk by means of aluge,which drops into said notch, and two tongues 6 6 which engage the rear of the plate 0. The guide-post a is provided at its forward end with a cam-surface a and an operating-handle F, secured upon the rod D, bears against said cam to advance the cup toward Said handle is provided with a roller f to run upon said cam-surface andavoid friction thereon. The cam surface extends only part way around the rod D, and the guide-post a is channeled at a to allow the operating-handle to slide backward therein by throwing it upward suificiently far to carry the roller f beyond the cam (1 Figs. 1, 2, and 5 illustrate this free movement of the handle, and it is by means of this free movement that the cup may be quickly and easily removed from the cone sufficiently to permit of the insertion of the lemon and as quickly returned into position for the squeezing of the latter by means of the cam-surface and the rotation of the operating-handle about the rod D. l

A depending rod G is shown as secured in the frame and provided with a vertically-adjustable shelf H, perforated to receive the rod G and secured thereon at any desired elevation by means of a set-screw g.

Figs. 7 to 9, inclusive, show an additional improvement, by means of which the withdrawal of the cup from the cone to insert the lemon is effected by oscillation of the operating-handle in aplane different from that which squeezes the lemon. The handle F is pivoted to a clip F which carries the roller f, bearing upon the cam-surface a and said handle is provided with a curved arm F eccentric to the lever-pivot and sliding between two pins or n upon a block N, sleeved upon the rod D and provided with a radially-extending lug n brought behind a projection 6L9 upon the frame by the raising of the lever into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7. In .the operation of this device the movement of the operating-handle in the spiral plane caused by its oscillation about the axis of the rod D squeezes the lemon and by reversing the movement withdraws the cup. a distance equal to that which it advances during the squeezing operation. At this point the oscillation of the handle in the plane of the rod D draws the cup from the cone asufficient distance to leave ample room for the insertion or withdrawal of the lemon. reverse oscillation of the handle returns the cup into its first position.

'While the particular construction above described fully illustrates the invention and shows the preferred form thereof up to the present time, yet the possibility of great variation is fully recognized and the invention is not limited to said construction for that reason.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a lemonsqueezer the combination with two members, one of which is movable and longitudinally guided in the other and one of which carries a suitable cup and the other a cone,of an operating-handle connected to one of said members and bearing upon the other, said operating-handle being capable of movement in two planes, oscillation in one of I which advances and withdraws the guided member through the range necessary to squeeze the lemon and movement in the other The 4 with .two members provided respectively with a "cup anda cone, one of which is guided longitudinally in the other,of anoscillating cam actuated operating-handle and a cam extending only part of the way through the range of oscillation of the handle whereby the remain ing oscillation brings the handle into position for free longitudinal movement of the guided member; substantially as described.

3. The combination with asuitable frame,

' of a longitudinally-guided rodltherein, a suitable cup and cone supported by said parts, a cam upon said frame adjacent to said rod, a clip or block secured to said rod adapted to bear against said cam, an operating-handle pivoted to said block, a sleeve on the rod, an eccentric arm secured to the handle and guided in the sleeve and means for locking said sleeve-against longitudinal movement by the oscillation of the handle about the axis of the rod; substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Freeport, in the county of Stephen son and State of Illinois, this 8th day of March, A. D. 1899.

CHARLES M'ORGAN. WVitnesses: HENRY TSCHEMING, T. E. BOEDEKER. 

